Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Friday that convoys of humanitarian aid would now be able to pass safely into the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo.

“We have informed the UN in New York and Geneva that there is no longer a problem with the delivery of humanitarian cargo to eastern Aleppo,” he told reporters in Rome, according to a RIA Novosti news agency transcript.

Speaking alongside his Italian counterpart Paolo Gentiloni, Lavrov said approval from the Syrian government of President Bashar al-Assad remained essential.

“It is necessary to agree with the Syrian government on the passage of these convoys, which are no longer threatened,” RIA Novosti quoted the top diplomat as saying.

“The UN is still thinking about how it could be done,” he added.

Source: AFP